22. He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

23. He went up from there to Beersheba.

24. The LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."

25. He built an altar there, and called on The LORD's name, and pitched his tent there. There ISAAC's servants dug a well.

26. Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

27. ISAAC said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

28. They said, "We saw plainly that the LORD was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

29. that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of The LORD."

30. He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

31. They rose up some time in the morning, and swore to one another. ISAAC sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32. The same day, ISAAC's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."

33. He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.